Colin Swain had thought that the answer of not wanting to enter his father's jewellery business was to steal a few diamonds, leave home and with the help of his friends sell the stones, the proceeds of which would help him on his way to finding a new life and career.
However the schoolboy had not reckoned with Ellis Davis having to deal with the local 'Big Man' Jack Arnold and his cronies in selling the stones, one of whom attempts to find out where Colin is hiding by tracing Drew Marshall, Colin's schoolmate. It is here that everything goes wrong, and Colin's father Roy, seeks the sevices of local Private Investigator
West Barns in order to find his son.
West agrees not knowing that his investigation will eventually spiral into murder and a kidnapping. Which also leaves the question did Roy Swain know of his son's thieving, and if so why did he not tell West Barns?
Or is there something even more sinister at work?